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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Katsuhiro Suzuki <katsuhiro@katsuster.net>
Cc: Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@synopsys.com>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com>,
	Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@st.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: stmmac: Fix the case when PHY handle is not present
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 16:51:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190625145105.GA4722@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5859e2c5-112f-597c-3bd5-e30e96b86152@katsuster.net>

On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 11:40:00PM +0900, Katsuhiro Suzuki wrote:
> Hello Jose,
> 
> This patch works fine with my Tinker Board. Thanks a lot!
> 
> Tested-by: Katsuhiro Suzuki <katsuhiro@katsuster.net>
> 
> 
> BTW, from network guys point of view, is it better to add a phy node
> into device trees that have no phy node such as the Tinker Board?

Hi Katsuhiro

It makes it less ambiguous if there is a phy-handle. It is then very
clear which PHY should be used. For a development board, which people
can be tinkering around with, there is a chance they add a second PHY
to the MDIO bus, or an Ethernet switch, etc. Without explicitly
listing the PHY, it might get the wrong one. However this is generally
a problem if phy_find_first() is used. I think in this case, something
is setting priv->plat->phy_addr, so it is also clearly defined which
PHY to use.

	  Andrew

  reply	other threads:[~2019-06-25 14:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-25  8:19 [PATCH net-next] net: stmmac: Fix the case when PHY handle is not present Jose Abreu
2019-06-25 10:29 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2019-06-25 10:51   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2019-06-25 13:11 ` Jose Abreu
2019-06-25 14:40   ` Katsuhiro Suzuki
2019-06-25 14:51     ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2019-06-25 15:26       ` Katsuhiro Suzuki

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